Kinez Riza’s work questions notions of reality and identity based on trans-disciplinary themes in the social sciences in relation to the natural world and lesser known belief systems in tribal societies, as well as the study of exploration and discovery. She composed a body of work over the course of 5 years prior to 2012, which is the year she started exhibiting her work as an artist.
Kinez’s fascination with notions of reality and identity became apparent throughout her formative years, she left Indonesia during its civil unrest in 1998 to Singapore, where she encountered an international upbringing and became aware of various cultures and belief systems different to the one she had known. The question of identity was an ever-present topic in her environment, along with the conflict different belief systems often brought. She participated in humanitarian efforts for disaster relief in Aceh after the Asian Tsunami, as well as conflict management conferences highlighting the issues in Sri Lanka and East Timor. It was here that she perceived every individual she met had a unique perception of reality.
Since then she has conducted many expeditions around the globe. Her work with tribal communities aims to best understand the core beliefs apparent in smaller communities detached from modern day civilization. This is to understand whether or not there are humanistic values or patterns of behavior, which appear consistent in all human beings. Her work often results in providing a conduit to better understand the factors contributing to determining human behavior.